HMHS Britannic - Wikipedia
On the morning of 21 November 1916 she hit a naval mine of the Imperial German Navy near the Greek island of Kea and sank 55 minutes later, killing 30 people. There were 1,066 people on board; the 1,036 survivors were rescued from the water and lifeboats. Britannic was the largest ship lost in the First World War. [3]
Britannic | Ship, Wreck, Sinking, Titanic, & Facts | Britannica
Britannic, British ocean liner that was a sister ship of the Olympic and the Titanic. Having never operated as a commercial vessel, it was refitted as a hospital ship during World War I and sank in 1916, reportedly after striking a mine. Learn more about the Britannic.
HMHS Britannic sinking - YouTube
Nov 25, 2017 · 44K. 7.1M views 6 years ago. HMHS Britannic striking a German mine and sinking off the coast of Greece during World War One. Britannic (2000) https://www.flickr.com/photos/1025379......more.
Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, sinks in Aegean Sea
Nov 13, 2009 · The Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, sinks in the Aegean Sea on November 21, 1916, killing 30 people. More than 1,000 others were rescued. In the wake of the Titanic disaster on April 14,...
The Sinking of Britannic - Titanic's Forgotten Sister Ship
In November 1916 the hospital ship Britannic was steaming off the island of Kea, Greece when there was a sudden explosion. The ship had stumbled straight into a mine laid by a German U-Boat and...
The Loss of the Britannic : 21 November 1916 - Western Front …
Britannic was the largest vessel to sink during the Great War; there was no catastrophic loss of life, unlike with the Lusitania, and no deliberate targeting of a Hospital Ship was evident (although the concept of a torpedo attack remained a possibility for many decades). As a result the story of the Britannic is now largely forgotten.
Sinking - Hospital Ship HMHS Britannic
Cape Matapan (the southernmost point of continental Greece) was rounded during the first hours of Tuesday (21 November). By the morning Britannic was steaming at full speed (around 21 knots) into the Kea Channel, between the islands of Makronissos (to her port side) and the island of Kea (to her starboard side).
The Wreck of the Britannic - Titanic Connections
For almost 60 years after her sinking Britannic lay undisturbed on the bottom of the Aegean sea, until 3rd December 1975, when she was discovered by deep sea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau on board his research vessel Calypso. Britannic was not his original mission.
On This Day, November 21, 1916: The Sinking of the Britannic
On November 21, 1916, as World War I raged, one of the largest passenger ships ever built, requisitioned by the British Admiralty to serve as a hospital ship during the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign in the Dardanelles, struck a German mine and sank to the bottom of the Aegean Sea. The ship in question was the majestic “Britannic,” the third ...
UK | The sinking of the Britannic - BBC News
Sep 30, 1998 · Underwater explorers have unveiled some of the mysteries that surround the sinking of the Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, which went down more than 80 years ago. One-tenth larger than her...